Five Minutes with Faram – Wayne & Shaun from Blackedge Brewing Company

What’s your favourite hop? Wayne:Cascade, I think it is a true classic and creates great beers. I would be extremely sad if we ran out of Cascade. Shaun:Cascade, it reminds me of Portland! What’s your favourite beer? Wayne:Marble Earl Grey IPA. Shaun:Harviestoun Old Engine Oil Porter.   Favourite Food & Beer pairing?Wayne:For me, it’s anything dirty! […]

Jester® has arrived in a new format!

T45 Jester® pellets We have been busy here at Charles Faram. As well as the breeding and selection of new varieties, we have been looking at new (and sometimes old) methods of delivering even more potency to your brews. Jester® is our flagship hop and it is an eternal favourite here. Looking at other products […]

SIBA BeerX 2020 and a feast of hopportunities

You don’t have to be a SIBA member to attend BeerX https://www.beerx.org/delegates/member-choice.asp Wellhopped World Series results Results from the second annual Wellhopped World Series will be announced on Thursday at 12:30 in the Beer Garden Come along to the awards, meet the growers and be in with a chance to win a hop prize. One-stop-shop […]

Taproom beer bread without the hassle

Just add beer and bake Create your own bread flavour by simply adding your favourite beer to the baking mixes.The baking mix can be baked in oven or bread machines. 5kg bags We are supplying the black, rye and seeded mixes from Weyermann® at £19.99 for a 5kg bag This should make 10 freshly baked […]

British Hop Awards from the IBD

British Hop Awards – Expert judges joined together in our sampling room to find the best of the best from nearly 200 British hop samples based on a number of factors. British Hop Awardsfrom the Institute of Brewing and Distilling British Hop Awards from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling Hop judging video https://vimeo.com/380036346/bddaea2536 We were proud […]

Top of the hops socks – Sock competition

There were only 5 pairs of Large and 5 pairs of medium Charles Faram hop socks left.  So to save the fighting we did a sock competition… and the names with the correct answers were pulled out of two hats on Friday 6th December The sock winners BarnBocock (Twitter)BeestonHop (Twitter)Claire Kirkman (Twitter)Giggling Brew Co (Twitter)Janette […]

Neighbouring postcode’s big win

Gold Medal for Friday Beer’s new WR14 ale produced using raw materials from Charles Faram The Friday Beer Co is proud to be the winner of a Gold “European Beer Challenge” Medal, at what is recognised in the trade as the most Important Beer Competition in the World. Winning a Gold European Beer Challenge Medal […]

First AromaFest of Northern crop 2019

New hop variety aroma assessments The first AromaFest of 2019 crop took place today, assessing potential new varieties from our Hop Development Programme. The first of 5 sessions before Christmas, already some really interesting & exciting aromas. The next stop for those that stand out? Pilot brewing trials!  Faram’s own Robbie Harrigan, Mark Lovegrove and […]

Five minutes with Faram

Dave and Ben Sweeney, Bank Top Brewery What’s your favourite hop? David: Cascade Ben: Amarillo® What’s your favourite beer? David: Bank Top – Pavilion Pale Ale and Phoenix – White Monk Ben: Bank Top – Bad to the Bone and Thornbridge – Jaipur Favourite food & beer pairing David: Beef Wellington & Bank Top Port […]